30/11/11 - Riddick production starts again

Vin Diesel's Riddick movie will resume filming on 28 December, according to Movieweb.

The film originally started shooting back in October, but was shut down after a few weeks due to financial problems.

Apparently Michel Trudel, who owns the Montreal studio where Riddick was shooting, booted the cast and crew off the set when Vin Diesel's production company, One Race Films, fell behind on payments to the studio. Now Trudel says the production company has paid up, and he will allow the sequel to continue production.

David Twohy is directing Riddick from his own screenplay. Vin Diesel returns as the title character, and Karl Urban reprises his Vaako role from The Chronicles of Riddick.

 

29/11/11 - Bale's bailing on any future Batman

Christian Bale has confirmed that The Dark Knight Rises will be his last Batman movie.

Talking to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Bale confirmed that both he and director Christopher Nolan are bowing out of the franchise after the third film: "I wrapped [The Dark Knight Rises] a few days ago so that will be the last time I'm taking that cowl off. I believe that the whole production wrapped yesterday, so it's all done. Everything's finished. It's me and [director] Chris Nolan - that will be the end of that Batman era."

The Dark Knight Rises opens in cinemas on 20 July 2012.

 

28/11/11 - Waiting on plans for a Transformers 4

We recently chatted with Scott Farrar, Visual Effects Supervisor on Transformers: Dark of the Moon, who revealed that he's just awaiting the word on whether a fourth movie in the Transformers franchise is going to be green lit.

"We're waiting... I can't commit to anything because we're trying to resolve whether we're going to do another Transformers and if so, when that starts," said Farrar.

"If I'm available then I get thrown on to a picture pretty quickly and if I did that there's not enough time to do another movie between the end of Transformers III and the beginning of another one. Each of our movies takes about a year and a half, so I'd do second unit directing, which is a few weeks, then I help out with other movies that are in house right now. I've been helping out a little with J.J. Abrams's new Star Trek movie - Roger Guyett's the lead supervisor on that. So I do that sort of thing and that's a lot of fun."

Click here to read the full interview.

 

25/11/11 - Star Trek 2 in 3D to open 17 May 2013

Sony Pictures has announced that Star Trek 2 in 3D will be released in cinemas on 17 May 2013.

This seems to indicate that J.J. Abrams's original insistence that he wouldn't be making the next Star Trek has changed.

Star Trek 2 will start production on 15 January 2012 and will star Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban and John Cho.

 

24/11/11 - Will Watanabe want to be in Akira?

Ken Watanabe [pictured] has been offered a role in director Jaume Collet-Serra's live action Akira movie.

Watanabe will play the part of the Colonel, a role originally offered to Gary Oldman earlier in the year.

In the original manga, the Colonel was one of the main antagonists that go head to head with Tetsuo and his gang.

 

 

23/11/11 - Booster Gold pilot in the works

The Syfy channel is to commission a pilot for a live-action series based on DC Comics's Booster Gold.

Created by Dan Jurgens in 1986, Booster Gold is a former athlete from the future named Michael Jon Carter who gambled on his own games and got banned from football.

After stealing some time-travel and crime-fighting technology from a museum, he went back in time to the present, where he planned on becoming a beloved and well-compensated hero. Instead, he became a laughing stock.

The hour-long pilot will be written by Warehouse 13's Andrew Kreisberg and executive produced by Greg Berlanti (No Ordinary Family, Green Lantern).

 

22/11/11 - Se7en leagues under the sea

Director David Fincher [pictured] (Se7en; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Social Network) has hired Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en) to rewrite Scott Z. Burns's screenplay of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

The classic tale follows the adventures of Captain Nemo and his crew aboard the submarine, Nautilus.

When ships start sinking, survivors tell tells of being attacked by a giant whale. But when a harpoon ship goes out to kill it, its crew discover that the whale is actually the Nautilus.

 

21/11/11 - '80s arcade hit to be turned into a film

According to Sci-Fi Wire '80s arcade game Rampage is to be turned into a movie by New Line Cinema.

For those too young to remember, Rampage was an arcade game in which players took control of one of three giant monsters - Lizzie (a giant lizard), George (an overgrown gorilla) and Ralph (a towering werewolf) - and set about wreaking havoc in cities throughout the continental United States.

Buildings were destroyed, innocent pedestrians were stomped or eaten, until the endless stream of military personnel and hardware reduced a monster's health to zero, at which point it would transform back into its frail human form and shuffle off screen in disgrace.

New Line Cinema has charged producer John Rickard to turn it into a movie. Rickard's previous work includes the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, Final Destination and the upcoming Jack the Giant Killer.

 

18/11/11 - Star Trek 2 to start in the new year

Production on Star Trek 2 will begin on 15 January 2012, according to sources close to the project.

At present the film's director, J.J. Abrams, is scouting locations in Hawaii, for what looks likely to be a "jungle planet."

In addition, shooting will take place at an unnamed Los Angeles landmark, which will double for a "famous Star Trek location".

Star Trek 2 will open in cinemas in 2012 and stars Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban and John Cho.

 

17/11/11 - Man of Steel sequel being planned

Principal photography is still underway on the latest Superman movie, Man of Steel, but already the studio is planning a sequel.

According to the 'Think McFly Think' website, Warner Bros. executives are so happy with the results that they're already scouting for writers for the next movie in the series.

Production on Man of Steel won't be finished until the start of 2012, with the film opening in cinemas on 14 June 2013.

 

16/11/11 - Is Kristen Stewart Akira's female lead?

According to Twitch Films, Kristen Stewart [pictured] is up for a part in Akira - the role of "Kei, a young medium who becomes the love interest for Kaneda.

Tron: Legacy's Garrett Hedlund has already been offered the role of Kaneda in the live-action adaptation of the manga.

Other actors who have also been offered roles in the movie include Helena Bonham Carter and Gary Oldman.

 

15/11/11 - Who to materialise on the big screen

Director David Yates (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2) is to helm a big screen version of Doctor Who, according to Movieweb.

In a recent interview Yates [pictured], said: "We're looking at writers now. We're going to spend two to three years to get it right. It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena. The notion of the time travelling Time Lord is such a strong one, because you can express story and drama in any dimension or time."

 

14/11/11 - Campbell's not in Kansas anymore

Actor Bruce Campbell's [pictured] role in Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful has been cut before principal photography has even started.

Tweeting the news, Campbell revealed: "News: my scene in Oz has been cut before shooting. It happens on epic flicks. Disappointed, but all good w/Sam. On to the next adventure!"

Oz: The Great and Powerful will be released in cinemas on 08 March 2013, and stars James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Abigail Spencer, Zach Braff and Joey King.

 

11/11/11 - Sony not happy with Singularity

Roland Emmerich's [pictured] latest sci-fi movie Singularity has been shut down by its backer, Sony, until he improves his plans for it, according to Sci-Fi Wire.

The Independence Day and 2012 director has been developing the project to be his next movie but Sony has pulled the funding and asked him to make it better before spending any more money on it.

Sony insiders have stated that this development doesn't signify the death of Singularity - just that they realize that spending $175 million on a half-baked film might not be the smartest thing.

The movie is set 50 years in the future and follows a famous nanotechnology pioneer who uses a dangerous new procedure to save his badly-injured son, Adam, whose consciousness is transferred into a swarm of nanobots that take his physical form, giving him all sorts of powers.

 

10/11/11 - Star Trek: Voyager star hates Shatner

In a recent interview with Trek News, Star Trek: Voyager actor Garrett Wang [pictured] revealed that he recently met William Shatner, original Star Trek's Captain James T. Kirk, and he just wanted to "punch his fat belly".

Wang, who played Ensign Harry Kim on Voyager, said: "I was at the Tulsa Trek Expo, I was in the green room, so this is a backstage room where only the actors are. So I walked up to him and said 'Mr. Shatner, I finally get to meet you.' [Shatner's handshake] was limp-wristed, he gave me this, like he was the Queen of England or something. So he gives me that, then in the middle of the handshake, he looks away, then he pulls his hand away and he wipes it off on his shirt, right in front of me.

"All I saw was red. You know what? God help me, I want to punch his fat belly right now. I was so mad. I want to tell you guys, I love Captain Kirk, but I fricken' cannot stand William Shatner. I'm gonna say that right now. That is no way to treat someone."

 

09/11/11 - RoboCop director shares his vision

RoboCop director Jose Padilha recently rejected Darren Aronofsky's script for the sequel in favour of his own take on the film and in a recent interview with SuperheroHype, Padilha revealed that his script will fill in the gaps after Murphy is shot.

"In the first RoboCop when Alex Murphy is shot, gunned down, then you see some hospitals and stuff and then you cut to him as RoboCop. My movie is between those two cuts. RoboCop isn't just a standard cop movie set in a dystopian future. It has some serious social and satirical commentary, and even touches upon the nature of humanity.

"The concept of RoboCop is brilliant, first because it lends itself to a lot of social criticism, but also because it poses a question, 'When do you lose your humanity?' The way it does that is by replacing body parts with machine parts, and that's very smart because guess what? It's going to happen!"

 

08/11/11 - Gnome Attack movie being planned

According to the Deadline website, the book How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is about to be transferred to the big screen.

The movie will be a live action film (with the garden gnomes being animated), based on the Chuck Sambuchino novel.

The book is a survival guide, preparing the homeowner on the off chance the lawn ornaments stage a home invasion. The intention is to make an edgy PG-13 version, so the gnomes will be scary.

Robert Zemeckis is developing the film and looks likely to sit in the director's chair.

 

07/11/11 - Blade Runner film will be a sequel

Ridley Scott's new Blade Runner movie will be a sequel to the 1982 original.

In a recent interview with Speakeasy, Scott said: "I think I'm close to finding a writer that might be able to help me deliver. We're quite a long way in, actually."

Scott also confirmed that none of the original cast would be returning , and that the original movie's Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford) would also not appear. "Even though people think it's a cool Philip Marlowe film with Deckard played by Harrison Ford, the film is very much about humanity."

 

04/11/11 - Tron Legacy star to head up Akira

Sci-Fi Wire is reporting the live-action movie of Akira will see Tron: Legacy's Garrett Hedlund [pictured] take up the lead role of Kaneda.

The movie's director Jaume Collet-Sera previously stated that he wanted Hedlund for the role and now it looks like studio executives at Warner Bros. have agreed and made Hedlund an offer.

 

 

03/11/11 - Lucy trades Robin Hood for True Blood

According to The Hollywood Reporter, British actress Lucy Griffiths [pictured] will join the regular cast of True Blood.

The 25-year-old, who is best known for playing Maid Marian in the first two series of the BBC's Robin Hood, will play Nora, the centuries-old vampire “sister” of Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) who is working as a double agent within the Vampire Authority.

 

 

02/11/11 - JK Rowling wanted to kill off Ron

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed that when writing the Potter books, she got so fed up with Ron Weasly that she seriously considered killing him off.

In an interview with BBC America, Rowling said: "Funnily enough, I planned from the start that none of them would die. Then midway through, which I think is a reflection of the fact that I wasn't in a very happy place, I started thinking I might polish one of them off. Out of sheer spite. It's a real relief to be able to talk about it all."

Rowling admitted that she never really liked Ron much, despite his lovable family and his budding relationship with Hermione Granger.

 

01/11/11 - Fall Guy movie falls into place

According to the Deadline website director Martin Campbell is in early discussions to sign up for The Fall Guy, a movie adaptation of the 1981 TV series.

The TV show starred Lee Majors [pictured] as a stuntman who worked as a bounty hunter on the side.

The film's script is being penned by Thor and X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz.

Campbell last directed Green Lantern, but is probably best known for directing the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006).

 

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